Market data from Gate showed SK Hynix (SKHYNIX) rising sharply over the past 24 hours, with the contract reaching a high of $1,216.91 and last trading at $1,206.24. The move left the asset up 11.39% on a 24-hour basis. Separate data from CoinGlass showed open interest in Gate’s SKHYNIX market at $159 million. On that metric, Gate ranked among the top two venues across the market, tied with Binance. The figures point to elevated trading activity in the product over the period covered by the data.

Binance Futures has added four USDT-margined perpetual contract pairs on Aug. 11, according to an official announcement. The new listings are KUAISHOUUSDT, MEITUANUSDT, CSOPSKHYNIX2LUSDT and CSOPSAMSUNG2LUSDT. The first two track Kuaishou and Meituan, while the latter two are tied to leveraged products linked to South Korea semiconductor names through CSOP offerings listed in Hong Kong. Binance said Kuaishou and Meituan contracts support leverage of up to 20x. The two semiconductor ETF-related contracts support leverage of up to 10x. For all four contracts, the funding rate cap is set at +2%/-2%, with settlement every eight hours. The contracts also support Multi-Assets Mode. The exchange said CSOPSKHYNIX2LUSDT tracks the CSOP SK Hynix Daily (2x) Leveraged Product listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under ticker 7709. CSOPSAMSUNG2LUSDT tracks the CSOP Samsung Electronics Daily (2x) Leveraged Product, listed under ticker 7747. Binance also warned that digital asset prices can be highly volatile and that futures trading carries elevated risk, which investors must bear themselves.

Binance has now listed 220 TradFi (traditional finance) contract assets, according to RootData's tokenized asset data. The count is as of press time. Among these assets, XAG (silver) has the deepest order book, with a ±2% depth of $12.66 million. SPCX (SpaceX) comes next at $9.47 million, and CL (New York crude oil) is third at $8.41 million. Over the past 24 hours, trading volume tells a similar story at the top. XAU (gold) leads with $1.79 billion in volume, SKHYNIX (SK Hynix) is second at $1.61 billion, and SPCX (SpaceX) is third with $1.17 billion. RootData's data tracks tokenized versions of traditional financial instruments available on Binance's contract market. The full list comprises 220 such assets. These figures were reported by ChainCatcher, citing RootData. No further details on the full asset lineup were disclosed. The rankings highlight the current liquidity distribution among the listed TradFi contracts on the exchange.

Gate's stock-focused futures section has gone live with eight new perpetual contracts, effective Aug 12 at 14:00 (UTC+8). All contracts are settled in USDT and support leverage from 1x to 20x. The list includes CSOPSKHYNIX2L (CSOP SK Hynix Daily (2x) Leveraged ETF 7709.HK), CSOPSAMSUNG2L (CSOP Samsung Electronics Daily (2x) Leveraged ETF 7747.HK), SpaceX-related SSPC and SPCH, plus GFS, VST, OKTA and OUST. Separately, Gate is running the 13th airdrop campaign for its stock futures zone from Aug 12, 16:00 to Aug 21, 16:00 (UTC+8). New users get 5 USDT for their first futures trade; daily trading-volume check-ins can earn up to 35 USDT; trading the participating symbols qualifies for a share of a 30,000 USDT pool. The total prize pool is 50,000 USDT, with a per-user cap of 240 USDT.

Bybit has listed four new stock perpetual contracts on its platform. The new instruments are Kuaishou (KUAISHOUUSDT), Meituan (MEITUANUSDT), the CSOP SK Hynix Daily Leverage (2x) product (CSOPSKHYNIX2LUSDT) and the CSOP Samsung Daily Leverage (2x) product (CSOPSAMSUNG2LUSDT). The Kuaishou and Meituan perpetuals support up to 25x leverage, while the two CSOP daily leverage products are capped at 20x leverage. Alongside the launch, Bybit is running a limited-time fee promotion across all four contracts, with limit order fees set at 0% and market order fees discounted to 50% of the usual rate. The listing expands Bybit's equity-linked derivatives suite with familiar Chinese tech names as well as two Korea-focused products from CSOP. Traders can already access these new markets on the exchange.

On August 10, Binance announced via an official notice that its futures platform will launch four USDT-margined perpetual contracts between 10:00 and 10:15 (UTC+8) on August 11, 2026. The new contracts are KUAISHOUUSDT, MEITUANUSDT, CSOPSKHYNIX2LUSDT and CSOPSAMSUNG2LUSDT, each supporting up to 20x leverage.

Korean semiconductor stocks moved in a choppy intraday session, with SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics both edging lower while derivative contracts linked to the shares remained active. Gate market data put SK Hynix at $1,002.56, down 0.21%, and Samsung Electronics at $162.15, down 0.64%. CoinGlass data showed SKHYNIX contract open interest at $693 million, with $131 million on Gate, ranking the exchange second globally. SAMSUNG contracts reached $45.22 million in open interest, and Gate held $6.19 million of that, also the second-largest pool. The figures show active derivatives positioning around the two Korean chipmakers even as their cash equities slipped during the session.

U.S. stocks rebounded broadly as expectations for a Federal Reserve pause on rate hikes combined with strong earnings from major tech names including Microsoft. Memory and semiconductor-related stocks led the move, and Gate said two related products on its platform posted sharp gains. According to Gate data, SanDisk (SNDK) was quoted at $1,280.40, up 26.14%, while SK Hynix (SKHY) was at $148.96, up 17.47%. As prices in both names swung sharply and moved higher, derivatives activity and open interest on Gate continued to rise. Coinglass data showed open interest in Gate’s SNDK contract at $151 million and open interest in the Gate SKHYNIX contract at $121 million. Both figures ranked second among centralized exchanges. Gate said its stock trading service now covers the three core markets of U.S., Hong Kong and South Korean equities on a 7×24 basis, with access to more than 10,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs, over 1,500 Hong Kong stocks and more than 1,000 South Korean stocks, for a combined total of more than 12,500 stock and ETF assets globally.